Greenland does not need medical assistance from other countries, Denmark's defence minister said, after US President Donald Trump claimed he was sending a hospital ship to the autonomous Danish territory.

President Trump said he is sending “a great hospital boat” to care for Greenlanders as negotiations continue for a mineral rights deal.

Donald Trump had said he was sending "a great hospital boat to Greenland to take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of there".

Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Greenland and Denmark on Sunday both rejected a hospital boat that U.S. President Donald Trump said he was sending to the Danish territory.

Denmark’s military says its arctic command forces evacuated a crew member of a U.S. submarine off the coast of Greenland for urgent medical treatment.

Denmark and its territory Greenland on Sunday rejected Donald Trump's offer to send a naval hospital ship to the Arctic island coveted by the U.S. leader. A day earlier, Trump said he was sending "a great hospital boat to Greenland to take care of the many people who are sick,…